Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.  

0352  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies  

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople  

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

1605  On April - 12 boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1675  Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on April - 12.  

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1687  Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on this day in history.  

1690  On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

1704  John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on April - 12.  

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on April - 12.  

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1782  Death of Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) on this day in history.  

1788  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.  

1797  On April - 12 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1814  Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1817  On April - 12 charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies  

1828  Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on April - 12.  

1845  On April - 12 henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

1850  On this day in history death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)  

1859  On this day in history john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84  

1864  On April - 12 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50  

1872  Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on April - 12.  

1878  On April - 12 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

1902  On April - 12 death of marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)  

1909  Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1910  On April - 12 william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69  

1912  Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.  

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.  

1526  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.  

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on April - 12.  

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer